Population 1951 to 2018 by demographic characteristics
Characteristics
1951 (1/6)
1961 (21/3)
1971 (12/5)
1981 (12/5)
1991 (15/5)
2001 (15/5)
2011 (31/10)
2018 (31/10)
Total
6.933.905
7.073.807
7.491.526
7.555.338
7.795.786
8.032.926
8.401.940
8.851.417
Population change (1951=100)
100
102
108
109
112
116
121
128
Sex
Men
3.217.240
3.296.400
3.533.694
3.572.426
3.753.989
3.889.189
4.093.938
4.351.670
Women
3.716.665
3.777.407
3.957.832
3.982.912
4.041.797
4.143.737
4.308.002
4.499.747
Proportion of women (%)
53,6
53,4
52,8
52,7
51,8
51,6
51,3
50,8
Sex ratio (males per 1.000 females)
866
873
893
897
929
939
950
967
Age groups
0 to 14 years
1.587.804
1.584.629
1.822.332
1.510.564
1.356.806
1.353.482
1.227.690
1.279.793
15 to 29 years
1.444.707
1.443.012
1.536.520
1.782.462
1.849.727
1.495.765
1.569.276
1.573.045
30 to 49 years
1.914.624
1.748.742
1.869.643
1.919.209
2.161.721
2.524.143
2.488.754
2.411.932
50 to 64 years
1.253.363
1.424.219
1.201.434
1.197.109
1.260.614
1.417.857
1.624.107
1.919.346
65 to 84 years
709.966
835.278
1.008.280
1.076.084
1.059.706
1.101.299
1.293.479
1.440.895
85 years and over
23.441
37.927
53.317
69.910
107.212
140.380
198.634
226.406
Mean age
35,7
36,5
36,1
37,1
38,1
39,7
41,8
42,8
Broad age groups (in %)
0 to 14 years
22,9
22,4
24,3
20,0
17,4
16,8
14,6
14,5
15 to 64 years
66,5
65,3
61,5
64,8
67,6
67,7
67,6
66,7
65 years and over
10,6
12,3
14,2
15,2
15,0
15,5
17,8
18,8
Children and the elderly per 100 of the population aged 15 to 64 (age dependency ratio)
Children (0 to 14 years)
34,4
34,3
39,6
30,8
25,7
24,9
21,6
21,7
The elderly (65 years and over)
15,9
18,9
23,0
23,4
22,1
22,8
26,3
28,2
Children and the elderly
50,3
53,2
62,6
54,2
47,9
47,7
47,9
49,9
Citizenship
Austrian
6.611.307
6.971.648
7.279.630
7.263.890
7.278.096
7.322.000
7.461.953
7.427.759
Non-Austrian1)
322.598
102.159
211.896
291.448
517.690
710.926
939.987
1.423.658
Non-Austrian (%)
4,7
1,4
2,8
3,9
6,6
8,9
11,2
16,1
Country of birth2)
Austria
6.081.607
.
6.697.607
.
.
7.029.527
7.086.156
7.130.260
Other country
852.298
.
640.585
.
.
1.003.399
1.315.784
1.721.157
Unknown
3.330
.
153.334
.
.
-
-
-
Other country (%)
12,3
.
.
.
.
12,5
15,7
19,4
Marital status (population aged 15 years and over)3)
Never married
1.539.213
1.471.403
1.374.333
1.665.731
1.892.089
2.060.472
2.400.266
2.669.104
Married
3.057.584
3.209.948
3.430.509
3.446.229
3.533.635
3.527.786
3.562.949
3.653.817
Widowed
605.071
641.761
672.295
662.684
627.619
573.318
573.070
541.658
Divorced
144.233
166.066
192.057
270.130
385.637
517.868
637.965
707.045
Never married (%)
28,8
26,8
24,2
27,6
29,4
30,8
33,5
35,3
Ever married (%)
71,2
73,2
75,8
72,4
70,6
69,2
66,5
64,7
S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, Population Censuses 1951 to 2001, Register-based Census 2011, Register-based Labour Market Statistics 2018. Compiled on 03 August 2020. For data privacy protection reasons, the statistical disclosure control method of "Target Swapping" has been used on a part of the 2011 and 2016 data. Therefore, in particular for cell values <= 5, no reliable assertions can be made. 1) Including "stateless/unsettled/unknown". - 2) No results for the years 1961, 1981 and 1991. In 1971, 2% of the respondents did not state their place of birth. The missing answers were not imputed. For 2001, 2011 and 2018, the place of birth of 867, 343 and 429 persons was classified as "born abroad" without detailed information on the country of birth. - 3) 2011 and 2018: "Married" also includes persons in a registered partnership. Persons whose registered partnership has been legally dissolved are included in the category "divorced", persons whose registered partnership ended due to the death of the partner are included in the category "widowed".
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